Best KnowledgeOwl Podcasts (2025)

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Empathy advocacy: Designing docs for all emotional states with Ryan Macklin 52:35

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Learn how Ryan Macklin's "empathy advocacy" framework helps y…

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Kate sounds off on “good” documentation 25:22

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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Docs as Tests: Keeping documentation resilient to product changes with Manny Silva 1:05:01

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I'm talking with Manny Silva, a technical wr…

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Connecting permaculture and documentation with Liz Argall 47:42

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Liz Argall, a writer I conn…

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Documentation as a creative endeavor with Nick Graziade 52:07

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I'm talking with Nick Graziade, a technical …

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Kate sounds off on Write the Docs 28:41

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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How to get hired as a tech writer with Sue Brandt 43:15

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Sue Brandt, a former Direct…

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Kate sounds off on knowledge sharing and docs stewardship 18:08

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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The craft of technical writing with Marcia Riefer Johnston 54:21

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Marcia Riefer Johnston, a t…

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Kate sounds off on mice and iterating 19:18

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on her content up…

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We’re all responsible for content accessibility with Kenzie Woodbridge 47:18

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Kenzie Woodbridge, a docume…

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Kate sounds off on docs hierarchy of needs and how we talk to ourselves 18:57

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this solo episode, Kate shares an update on working with c…

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Bridging the gap from “not technical enough” to “technical” with Janine Chan 57:50

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Janine Chan, a technical wr…

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Kate sounds off on content types 17:54

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — My current in-flight projects include updating nearly all of …

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Developer collaboration with Lorna Mitchell 45:36

7M ago45:36

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m talking with Lorna Mitchell, a technolog…

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Introducing The Not-Boring Tech Writer Reboot 14:36

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Meet our new host Kate Mueller and get the inside scoop on ho…

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Tech Writer Advocacy and Managing Write the Docs with Swapnil Ogale 39:21

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode I’m talking to Swapnil Ogale, a Technical Wri…

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Documentarians for Diplomacy: Bringing the Mirth with Kat Stoica Ostenfeld 52:34

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — We’re back after a short and unexpected break! Sorry to keep …

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Marrying skillsets and existential googling with Caity Cronkhite 38:02

4+ y ago38:02

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In this episode, I’m excited to be speaking to Caity Cronkhit…

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How to Infiltrate a Hackathon in Iowa with Philip Kiely 48:13

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — In such a complex and fast-moving industry as tech writing, i…

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A Fond Farewell (Yet Warm Welcome!) 1:24:03

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — After four exciting years hosting The Not-Boring Tech Writer—…

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Skill #36: Creating Usability Tests for Your Organization 48:32

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Technical writers must ensure their help resources, such as d…

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Skill #35: Understanding Basic Design Principles 42:20

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Technical communicators wield the power of plain language to …

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Skill #34: Crowdsourcing Technical Communication 38:54

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Folk working in technical communication—whether they’re acade…

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Skill #33: Getting Started with Open Data 45:16

5+ y ago45:16

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — For the civically-mind technical writer, there’s a growing mo…

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Skill #32: Understanding Translation and Localization 32:53

5+ y ago32:53

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As products and services reach markets outside of their geogr…

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Skill #31: Choosing the Right Knowledge Base Software for Your Organization 51:59

5+ y ago51:59

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — No matter your industry—tech, nonprofit, marketing—your organ…

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Skill #30: Landing a Tech Writing Internship 36:41

5+ y ago36:41

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As prospective tech writers look for ways to get into the tec…

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Skill #29: Understanding Your Reader (as a Whole) 37:06

5+ y ago37:06

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — One of the most important skills tech writers can have is the…

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Skill #28: Researching as a Tech Writer 29:26

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — All of the help resources tech writers create, such software …

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Skill #27: Contributing to GitHub 27:29

6y ago27:29

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As tech writers consider how to stay relevant in the field, m…

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Skill #26: Getting Started in API Documentation 40:09

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As tech writers consider how to stay relevant in the field, m…

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Skill #25: Nudging Users to Action Through Contextual Help 25:04

6y ago25:04

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As technical writers, we help users learn processes or comple…

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Skill #24: Finding Your Content DNA 31:29

6y ago31:29

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — John Espirian—technical copywriter and author of the soon-to-…

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Skill #23: Transitioning into Tech Writing from Very-Much-Not Tech Writing 32:42

6y ago32:42

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Think back to the early years of your career as you considere…

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Skill #22: Using Your Detective Skills as a Technical Writer 37:41

6y ago37:41

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As technical writers, we often wear many different hats withi…

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Skill #21: Mentoring Prospective Tech Writers 32:05

6y ago32:05

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — All technical writers can look back on their career and likel…

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Skill #20: Understanding Content Marketing 30:02

6y ago30:02

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As technical writers, we excel at turning technical informati…

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Skill #19: Writing for Nonprofit Organizations 26:51

6y ago26:51

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Throughout technical writers’ careers, they may find themselv…

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Skill #18: Embracing the Long Game of Technical Writing 31:31

6y ago31:31

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Anyone who’s been in technical writing for a few years or has…

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Skill #17: Branding Your Work 41:31

6y ago41:31

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As a technical writer, you’ve likely not considered branding …

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Skill #16: Using Cognitive Science to Make Your Technical Writing More Interesting 33:33

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — As a technical writer, what does it mean to make your writing…

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Skill #15: Transitioning into Instructional Design 23:26

6+ y ago23:26

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Instructional design, as described by my guest, instructional…

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Skill #14: Contributing to Open Source Projects 29:38

6+ y ago29:38

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — An open source project is a software program that’s open for …

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Skill #13: Getting Your First Job in Technical Communication 31:23

6+ y ago31:23

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Thaddeus Dieken – Technical Writer at Accuray – shares how yo…

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Skill #12: Teaching Technical Writing 27:42

7y ago27:42

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — The technical writer has a variety of valuable skills – such …

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Skill #11: Surviving in the Dev World 38:18

7y ago38:18

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — We all know that successful technical writers are more than w…

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Best of 2016 27:07

8+ y ago27:07

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — 2016 was a lovely year for The Not-Boring Tech Writer podcast…

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Skill #10: Implementing Single-Source Authoring 30:36

8+ y ago30:36

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — Paul Stoecklein knows documentation: As Documentation Manager…

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Skill #9: Creating a Human Connection in Your Documentation 21:28

9y ago21:28

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🎓 Our host, Kate Mueller, is teaching a 4-session Information Architecture Master Class that starts on September 16th! 🎧 TNBTW listeners can use the coupon code "NOTBORING" during checkout to save 40% off the list price! 🔗 Read more info and sign up: thenotboringtechwriter.com/learning — We’ve all read (and perhaps written) a boring document: the r…